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Monday, September 26, 2011

Big Fun at the Library Book Sale

Things have been busy around San Francisco this week. Tuesday was the annual
Library Big Book Sale.
I went with a mail art pal and we had fun wading through all the books.
Score!
That is most of my loot above (not including all those foreign language flash cards I
posted in the last blog post).

The Library sale is at Fort Mason in SF, set right on the water. It is in a great spot especially if you have to stand in a long line to get in.

I scored an old Atlas to tear up for mail art (if I can bring myself to actually tear it up),
old stationary, typewriter book plates......

California
from the old Atlas

Scored an old how-to-type book and a book of paint samples that are
perforated like stamps -- oh joy.

I have been out running around a lot all week. The Correspondence Co-Op met on Wednesday night
and that was great fun, as usual.
But I stayed home on Sunday and got busy on mail art -- thirteen pieces went
out today. Here's a stack of outgoing.

OUTGOING
On my desk with my new favorite pens.

OUTGOING
The airmail set, vintage envelopes from Chinatown (More about that in another post)
and vintage air mail stamps.

OUTGOING
This envelope came to my husband and when I saw that "Warning" on the
bottom on the envelope I just had to re-use it. And I knew exactly who to send it to.

OUTGOING
A see-thru envelope of stamps went out to Annie.

OUTGOING
The "Menu" envelope is out-going AGAIN -- I sent it at least a week earlier to a
friend in Australia and imagine my surprise to see it back in my mail box.
For some it got returned to me. The address seemed totally clear so I added a couple of "TO"'s and the pointing finger and tried again.
Let's hope it gets to Australia this time around.

OUTGOING
To my bike riding pal, GinaBella.

Also went and visited the beautiful Dahlia Garden in Golden Gate Park, got some great incoming mail
and had a few lunches to share but this is long enough for today.

That's it for now folks. Remember to write those letters and help save the USPS.
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18 comments:

Oh that Atlas is a dream. I so love maps and playing with them, like little geographies for my artwork. Funny I hated geography in school, now I love it. What a stash and what beauty heading out into the world from your arty studio my friend. xox Corrine

Oh my goodness! What lovely things you found! And that envelope with the warning is highly appropriate for Banned Books Week! Be sure to continue showing us the lovely art you make with those goodies! =)

Thanks for the comments everyone and welcome #150 AES (and #151)followers. Your support is much appreciated. Stabilo pens are sold a block from my house -- how can I resist? Corrine, I was a horrible geography student too but I adore old Atlas books and maps now...have you ever tried painting over an old map?Catwrangler, I know....I don't like to tear the books up either....but if I have a number of the same one I sometimes manage to do it...

Limner--happy you are enjoying the blog. My other blog? Do you mean Mailart 365? That isn't my blog -- I have just participated in sending mail art every day but I have fallen behind in posting the photos of it. Thanks for the comments.

The paint sample book is actually a PMS (Pantone Matching System) swatch book. Designers use these swatched to give to printers so that the printer matches the colors a designer is asking for. These numbered swatches correspond to CMYK formulas. Very expensive books to buy.